Synthesizing the findings from a wide range of disciplines -
from biology and anthropology to philosophy and linguistics - the
emerging field of Biosemiotics explores the highly complex
phenomenon of sign processing in living systems. Seeking to advance
a naturalistic understanding of the evolution and development of
sign-dependent life processes, contemporary biosemiotic theory
offers important new conceptual tools for the scientific
understanding of mind and meaning, for the development of
artificial intelligence, and for the ongoing research into the rich
diversity of non-verbal human, animal and biological communication
processes.
Donald Favareau's Essential Readings in Biosemiotics has been
designed as a single-source overview of the major works informing
this new interdiscipline, and provides scholarly historical and
analytical commentary on each of the texts presented. The first of
its kind, this book constitutes a valuable resource to both
bioscientists and to semioticians interested in this emerging new
discipline, and can function as a primary textbook for students in
biosemiotics, as well.
Moreover, because of its inherently interdisciplinary nature and
its focus on the 'big questions' of cognition, meaning and
evolutionary biology, this volume should be of interest to anyone
working in the fields of cognitive science, theoretical biology,
philosophy of mind, evolutionary psychology, communication studies
or the history and philosophy of science.
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